#78C0EA#78C0EA

#78C0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.094 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C0EA
RGB	rgb(120, 192, 234)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -11.34, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 30.06, 247.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0534 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.094 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4413, 47.6296, 84.8356)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C0EA #EAA278

analogous

#78EADB #78C0EA #7887EA

triadic

#78C0EA #EA78C0 #C0EA78

tetradic

#78C0EA #DB78EA #EAA278 #87EA78

square

#78C0EA #DB78EA #EAA278 #87EA78

split-complementary

#78C0EA #EA7887 #EADB78

monochromatic

#1F8AC8 #43A7E2 #78C0EA #ADD9F2 #E2F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#78C0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#78C0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C0EA

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C0EA	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ECBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 192, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.094 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d3f0',
    500: '#78c0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c0ea;
$custom-light: #a5d3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77617,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C0EA

secondary

#EFDBCE

accent

#5910D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C0EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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